# Regenerative vs. degenerative agriculture

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Podcast: [Down to Earth: The Planet to Plate Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/down-to-earth-the-planet-to-plate-podcast-655855)
Published: 2026-06-18T15:34:10+00:00
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## Resource

Today we're sharing a conversation from the Down to Earth archive. We talk to Kevin Watt , who at the time was strategic advisor at TomKat Ranch in Pescadero, California, about the the practice and benefits of regenerative agriculture, how to incentivize it, and the dire long-term consequences of the degenerative practices of industrial agriculture—and the evolution toward new ways of thinking about productivity, healthy food, and thriving on a crowded planet. We recorded at the 2019 Regenerate conference, and the program posted in January 2020.

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